study of prescription pattern in Ophthalmology outpatient department
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H00-H59- Diseases of the eye and adnexa
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037133
- Lead Sponsor
- SBKSMIRC Sumanseep vidyapeeth
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Newly registered patients from either sex who are visiting the Ophthalmology Outpatient Department for curative complaints & who are giving consent to participate are included (eg. cases of red eye, discharge from eyes, itching, redness foreign body sensation, swelling, foreign body, raised intraocular pressure, and eye trauma etc.)
Exclusion Criteria
Cases of refractive errors, cataract, postoperative follow ups, any diagnostic test/procedure, repeat attendance, and patients not willing to give informed consent were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The average number of drugs per prescription, <br/ ><br>number of encounters with antibiotics, <br/ ><br>percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name and <br/ ><br>whether the dosage form, frequency of administration and duration of therapy were recorded or not. <br/ ><br>Cost per prescription <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline only
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ATimepoint: NA